Chris Brown’s Mother Says Her Controversial Son is “is Not an Angel or the Devil”

June 18, 2017

Despite all of the public trouble he’s gotten into over the years, Chris Brown’s mother, Joyce Hawkins, says her son is “no devil.”

Still, the woman who raised Brown in church doesn’t want to claim that her son is an angel, either. At the premiere of the 28-year-old singer’s new documentary, Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life earlier this month, his mother told Billboard that it wasn’t easy watching people judge her son.

“It’s not easy watching my son grow into a man with the whole world judging him,” she told Billboard. “He is not an angel or the devil. I hope this documentary will balance the negativity that follows him as his God-given talents continue to mature.”

Brown has had numerous run-ins with the law. In 2009, Brown was placed on probation after assaulting his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, and in 2013 he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor assault after allegedly assaulting a man who tried to take a picture with him in Washington, D.C.

Most recently, his actress ex-girlfriend of three years Karrueche Tran is in court fighting to get a restraining order against Brown after accusing him of abuse and threats.

Even with Brown’s numerous run-ins with the law throughout the years, Hawkins has continually reminded her son of his blessings.